> was in the 50s with communists just emerging victorious against horrors of fascism If by "emerging victorious" you mean forcefully taking power with a Coup,

> was in the 50s with communists just emerging victorious against horrors of fascism If by "emerging victorious" you mean forcefully taking power with a Coup, ready to perpetrate their own horrors to stay in power at all cost, then we agree.. Also considering that the communists were backed by the Soviets, with decades of mass-purges of their own, it possibly didn't take much imagination to understand the type of regime being supported. > I imagine many young Czeck people would have bought into this way of life So much so that the communists need a coup to gain power.